Sun Micro sales fall, Oracle deal delay stings
Nov 7, 2009 Make Money Online
Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA.O) suffered a 25 percent fall in quarterly revenue, as uncertainty over its delayed sale to Oracle Corp (ORCL.O) hurt its business.
Lower operating expenses helped Sun Microsystems curb its fiscal first quarter loss to $120 million, or 16 cents a share compared with $1.68 billion, or $2.24 a share, a year earlier, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
But revenue fell to $2.24 billion from $2.99 billion in the same quarter a year earlier, and was lower than the average analyst estimate of $2.34 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The 25 percent drop was also steeper than the sales slump at other technology companies. Oracle’s total revenue last quarter fell 5 percent from a year earlier, while chipmaker Intel Corp’s (INTC.O) revenue fell 7.8 percent.
“Our first quarter of fiscal year 2010 results continued to be affected by the economic downturn, the uncertainty associated with our proposed acquisition by Oracle, increased competition and delays in customer purchasing decisions,” Sun said in a statement on Friday.
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Use Gmail IMAP in Microsoft Outlook 2007
Feb 18, 2009 Tips and Tricks
We’ve all been hearing about the new IMAP support in Gmail, but how do we access that from Outlook? Those of you that have been waiting patiently will be happy to know all the instructions are on this page.
Using IMAP we can synchronize email across multiple devices, since the mail stays on the server. You already stopped reading this part and skipped down to the instructions, didn’t you?
Enable IMAP in Gmail Settings
Open your Settings panel in Gmail, and then click on the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab.
Now click the Enable IMAP radio button, and click Save Changes.
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